That's how I did it. First got the girl, then Boom; full blown hobbiest and getting worst every year.
Same here. I honestly wasn't planning on going back to wargaming, but within a year of getting married it pulled me back in.
My wife still says I married her under false pretenses.

Just wondered what substitutes people was using?
For the bargain minded, the East Riding Slicks are a great delaque option with some mods. Catchans are still a good option for orlocks and you can use the plastic 2-part orlocks (still available fairly cheaply) along side them as juves.
There are alot of mad-max-bad-guy style post-apoc figs out there that would be excellent proxies for goliath.
Through alot of patient searching and bargaining over the course of a few years I managed to get official minis for Van Saar (Painted), Escher (currently being painted by a friend) and Cawdor (unpainted). I've also got the figs for a ERM slick Delaque gang and a half-proxy Orlock gang, but those are very much on the back burner.